Hat-supporting hook



July 15, 1924.- 1,501,807

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HAT-SUPPORTING HOOK.

Application filed May 4, 1923. Serial No. 636,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSWALD PETSCHEL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedI-IatSupporting Hook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in supportsand it pertains more particularly to a hat supporting device.

It is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide meansadapted for attachment to a hat, or other article of wearing apparel,tosupport the same when not in use.

It is a further object of the invention to construct the hook in such amanner that the same is readily portable and capable of being carriedupon the person.

It is a still further object of the invention to construct the hatsupporting hook in such a manner that it is particularly adapted for usein connection with the backs of seats in auditoriiuns and other publicplaces. 7

The present invention is particularly adapted for use by a person in atheatre, auditorium, or the like, and serves means whereby he maysupport a hat from the back of the seat immediately in front of the onewhich he is occupying.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to theaccompanying drawin s, in which *igure 1 is a perspective view showingthe manner in which the hat supporting hook is used;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, part ly in section, of the hook inuse;

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,the hook comprises a bodyportion 5, one end of which is curved as at 6 to one side of the bodyportion. The opposite end of the hook is curved as at 7 and has itsextremity inwardly bent, as at 8.

The hook 6 heretofore mentioned occupies a position upon one side of thelongitudinal axis of the body portion, while the hook 7 occupies aposition upon the 0pposite side of the longitudinal aXis of the bodyportion. Pivotally connected to the body portion 5 of the hook, by meansof a hollow rivet 9, is a swinging lock member 10. This locking member10 has its lower end formed with a right-angular extension 11.

In use the brim of the hat is adapted to be inserted between the lockingmember 10 and the curved portion 12 of the member 7, as shown by dottedlines in Figure 2.

In order to position the hat brim as described the locking member 10 isswung about the hollow rivet 9, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3.After this has been done and the hat brim is positioned as shown bydotted lines in Figure 2, the looking member 10 is again moved intoparallelism with the body portion 5 to retain the hat brim in position.

After the hook has thus been attached to the hat, the hook portion 6 isengaged with the top edge of the chair 13, as shown in Figures 1 and 2,having its end tapered as at 14 to provide a reduced end in order that abight may be had upon the chair to retain the hook in place thereon.

When it is desired to remove the hat, it is only necessary to disengagethe hook 6 with the chair, swing the locking member 10 about its pivotalpoint until the hat brim can be disengaged with the member 7, thusdisassociating the hat and hook.

While in the present instance a hollow rivet 9 has been shown anddescribed, it is obvious that a solid rivet may be used in lieu thereof,if desired. i

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides aportable device for supporting hats or other articles of apparel.Furthermore, the invention provides a device of this character which maybe readily attached to and removed from the article which it is intendedtosupport.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A hook comprising a body portion having its ends curved and occupyingpositions on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of said bodyportion, a laterally swinging locking member pivotally connected to thebody portion and bridging one of the curved ends of the body portion,and a right angular extension formed on said locking member.

2 A supporting hook comprising a body portion having one of its endscurved and '5 occupying a position on one side of the longitudinal axisof said body portion, the opposite end of the body portion being curvedand occupying a position upon the opposite side of the longitudinal axisof said body portion and laterally swinging means 1 pivotally connectedto the body portion and adapted to close the second-mentioned curved endas and for the purpose set forth.

OSXVALD PETSOHEL.

